Speaking of IEEE Spectrum, I always look forward to the excellent
January (Technology Analysis and Forecast) issue... But I was a little
nervous on reading this month's contribution "The Myth, the Law, and
the Spectrum" (by Martin Cooper, pp. 62-63)...
"The first transatlantic transmission in 1901, which blanketed an
area of millions of square miles..."
"...[W]e can create reliable, broadband wireless connections between
any pairs of points we choose -- even if the points are separated
by only a few feet."
...especially when IEEE proclaims "A New Year, A New Outlook" for
"the enhanced and redesigned IEEE Spectrum". Gulp. Let's hope these
are just a couple of those innocent colloquialisms, and not an editorial
change!
Bruce H.
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, James R. Frysinger in USMA:10626 wrote:
> Yes, IEEE is *extremely* metric. Once in awhile a non-metric unit will
> be used in a colloquial manner (e.g., "the whole nine yards") but that's
> it.
